Police in Spain have arrested two minors in Lleida accused of instigating the Blocus riots that erupted in Barcelona on October 24. The two were detained by Spain’s National Police in Lleida, working with information units in Barcelona. Investigators accuse them of managing social media groups where calls were spread to encourage the incidents. Authorities say the unrest in Barcelona involved looting of shops, fires and clashes with police. The investigation also targets alleged organisers and instigators across Catalonia, with police having detained around a dozen people for their alleged role in promoting, organising or encouraging the Blocus events. One of the arrested minors is Spanish, while the other is a foreign national, according to the outlet. Both are described as being of Maghreb origin. The probe links them to the administration of Telegram channels and groups used to fuel the calls that later led to violence. The Lleida arrests add to other detentions carried out in recent days by the Mossos d’Esquadra, the National Police and the Guardia Civil. The same investigations include, among others, a 20-year-old accused of being one of Blocus’s main agitators, arrested by the Guardia Civil in Picanya. Police say that suspect ran multiple Telegram channels and recorded and circulated a video calling for the movement to radicalise and for disturbances to be repeated. Some detainees have been taken into custody or into youth centres by court order. The accused have been charged with offences linked to conspiracy to commit public disorder, and in some cases organisation or group criminal offences. Police also report additional arrests tied to October incidents in Barcelona and Manresa. The Mossos have arrested 130 people over the October 24 disturbances in central Barcelona, and 14 over the October 21 disturbances in Manresa, where most suspects were minors. Investigations are ongoing as police examine Telegram channels and other social media to determine how Blocus began and whether any figure or structure drove it. Police say there is no confirmed formal organisation behind the phenomenon.